Poll: One world language?
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spanish being third most popular language in the world after english and chinese should be up there
How many people speak a language isn't the point. It's far more important how wide-spread a language is, and English beats all others hands down. Spanish isn't a worthy contender.Xander_VJ said:
The poll itself is rather stupid. English already is the global language. Barring world conquest by a totalitarian ideology, for instance North Korea or Islam, English will succeed all other languages in time.
Cosmetic reasons will be completely crushed by practical ones. Any inherent beauty is irrelevant in comparison to pragmatism.Xander_VJ said:
Seriously, I don't understand why people here are all picking English. Sure, it widely spoken in the developed world. But if you think it's easy to learn, you are a fool. English has so many rules, and even more exceptions to those rules. It has a ridiculous amount of silent 'E's, the way we combine vowels is just bizarre, and a vast amount of words are actually taken from other languages, with their own rules.tkioz said:
The ideal language would be Spanish (why is it not in the poll?), as it is the most intuitive language to pick up. It is pretty much pronounced exactly how it looks, there are far less exceptions to the established rules, and it is already widely spoken.
It is the easiest language to learn for all those that understand the Latin alphabet (the most widely used in the world).
That's really interesting, so it's more considered like "turning point" than opportunity. I genuinely would love to learn something like mandarin or Japanese. I guess it's difficult to take a word out of context really. As the whole sentence needs to be understood as a whole.Yankeedoodles said:
What are they called, those 3 character "words" that are really short stories. "tip of the iceberg" is one, and "when in a pumpkin patch, do not stop to adjust your sandals, and when under a cherry tree, do not adjust your hat". Tip of the iceberg having the same meaning as English, but the other has connotations like "be careful what others see, it may not reveal your intent", and "appearances can be deceiving" (the implication that you looks like your stealing).
It's interesting because these 3character "words" have the face meaning and the deeper meaning, the face meaning is the actual word the spell out, and the deeper meaning is through the little stories associated with them. It's interesting really, but I imagine there are alot of these in use, so there would be alot to learn.
I don't care if I've been ninja'd: The Language of Looooove iz all we needs to make ze world a bettah place,
It was tried actually. They tried to make a language and...ah hell wiki attack--
Esperanto (help·info) is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto (Dr. Hopeful), the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy-to-learn and politically neutral language that would serve as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding.
Esperanto is the only constructed language with native speakers, that is, people who learned it from their parents as one of their native languages. Estimates range from 10,000 to two million additional active or fluent speakers. Usage is particularly high in eastern and northern Europe, eastern Asia, Brazil, and Iran. A World Congress of Esperanto was organized in France in 1905, and since then has been held in various countries every year apart from during the world wars. Although no country has adopted it officially, Esperanto was recommended by the French Academy of Sciences in 1921, was recognized by UNESCO in 1954, and is currently the language of instruction of a university in San Marino. There is evidence that learning Esperanto may provide a superior foundation for learning languages in general, and some primary schools teach it as preparation for learning other foreign languages.
Esperanto (help·info) is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto (Dr. Hopeful), the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy-to-learn and politically neutral language that would serve as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding.
Esperanto is the only constructed language with native speakers, that is, people who learned it from their parents as one of their native languages. Estimates range from 10,000 to two million additional active or fluent speakers. Usage is particularly high in eastern and northern Europe, eastern Asia, Brazil, and Iran. A World Congress of Esperanto was organized in France in 1905, and since then has been held in various countries every year apart from during the world wars. Although no country has adopted it officially, Esperanto was recommended by the French Academy of Sciences in 1921, was recognized by UNESCO in 1954, and is currently the language of instruction of a university in San Marino. There is evidence that learning Esperanto may provide a superior foundation for learning languages in general, and some primary schools teach it as preparation for learning other foreign languages.
Holy... How many times do I need to explain that it was an oversight.GLo Jones said:
How about HONEST MISTAKE for a descriptor... you know this was something knocked together in about 5mins, not an article or essay that proof read or fact checked. So ease off mate.Xander_VJ said:
I believe it destroys culture in a manner of speaking...har har.
Seriously though, some regions should maintain their linguistic roots whereas others should embrace more powerful ones for the sake of being able to bring themselves out of the ditches. Many nations in Africa and certain other nations would benefit severely from this.
Seriously though, some regions should maintain their linguistic roots whereas others should embrace more powerful ones for the sake of being able to bring themselves out of the ditches. Many nations in Africa and certain other nations would benefit severely from this.
It's Mandarin Chinese. Much more people speak Mandarin Chinese, Western people tend to assume it's english because that's what they're surrounded by.Tiny116 said:
There never will, nor should there be, a universal language. How boring would that be?
To get rid of a popululation's language would take a huge chunk out of their culture.
Not English, Cockney English and if you disagree I hit you whith my jam jar and it'll be barney rubble.
